Nintendo Pushed Mario Into Movies Because Console Growth Is Tapped Out
Kotaku | 02.04.2026 03:00The Super Mario Bros. Movie ended up being bigger than any of the individual games. The Mario Galaxy Movie looks poised to achieve a similar level of success. What does the creator of the franchise think about the fact that movies will be the first way many people are introduced to the characters, rather than the games they originated in? It turns out that was part of Shigeru Miyamoto’s hope with Mario’s return to the big screen.
